a la maison

Restoration Hardware is an amazing place. 

i went to their new location at City Creek and got tons of ideas that I will have to file away in my brain

 (or my blog- they are almost the same thing right?)

I love their new '19th Century Deconstructed' series and basically how they decorated with neutral and cool colors. I hope that I remember all these ideas when I actually have a house and money. 

 the keys

 the music sheets are so cool

 the deconstructed books were fabulous and really interesting

i love the how they were tied with twine as well 

 the rug, the color palate, the coffee tables 

 any excuse to have a massive Eiffel tower in my house will be taken 

look at that chair!!!

Fun. Concert

for those who may not know- i am quite a music junkie.

i realize that is a very common statement by any real or wanna be hipster at BYU

and i also realize that  the band i am about to talk about is also super popular and doesn't really distinguish my taste from the millions of utah students that love them as well. 

all i can say (WARNING: HIPSTER MOMENT) is that i loved the format early on and loved Fun. once the lead singer started it. so i have known, followed and loved the Format / Fun. for years. 

much longer since their hit 'we are young' that made everyone love them.

wow- that almost made me roll my own eyes about how hipster that was, but its true. 

ANYWAYS

i love music and am constantly buying new music- blah blah blah you get the point. its nothing new

moral of the story:

i bought tickets for Abby and me to Fun.'s concert for abby's birthday

which worked out great because it was like a birthday gift for me too

we had been waiting since February to go and finally this last weekend it happened!

 it was a packed show- all sold out. and i can't even begin to describe how wonderful, amazing, and utterly great it was. the main singer Nate was adorable, i loved his whole outfit / hair/ mannerisms 

 they played all my top favorite songs and us three girls (caitlin got a ticket as well) just rocked out. we had a pretty good spot- right next to the bar entrance where the security guards liked us and there was a cool draft so we never got hot

 there's cute Nate. when he pulled at his hair- i melted 

plus i liked his dancing 

plus you could totally tell the band was having a total blast as well 

they pitched a perfect game they said

booyah!

at some points i just wanted to burst because i felt so happy to be alive, to be young and the music was just out of this world. 

AAAAAHHHHHHHH! 

gowns

** THESE ARE THE WEDDING DRESSES STEFI TRIED ON AND DID NOT PICK**

THE REAL DRESS WILL BE REVEALED ON THE BIG DAY ONLY..... blake- no sneaking

i like the shape on this one

this was my second favorite, the ruffles on the skirt were adorable.

i like baby anne in this picture- she really loved looking at stefi dressed as a bride

even a 2 year old girl in the faust family knows wedding dress shopping is fun

pink razor cell phone

here is my life as a 16 year old thanks to my first cell phone ever-

these pictures are all from my bomb-diggity pink razor:

the awkward self-head shot

i remember thinking how much i loved my hair that day and now i have a camera on my phone

(a big deal in those days)

i could document it!

i swear every teenage girl has pictures like this of themselves, the only difference is now they are taken on their macs using photo booth

at least i am not making that duck face with puckered lips

at grandma and grandpa's

torturing maclane in french class

i forgot about my pink pom pom scarf

besties-

weirdly enough both of those girls both got married in that temple this summer

how smooth is your elbow?

shout out to alyssa's old house

super sean at monster mash - the halloween dance

capitol theater

serendiptiy in nyc

my first trip to new york

an awesome poster my cousin riley used to have

olympus football games

riley and i working real hard at the bakery

(that is a tube of bread... such a strange thing we sold)

2006 is coming back hard and fast

i forgot how much fun it was

free dancing

this is just so great. i am watching this over and over.

it is an ad for a designer, how fun!

http://www.alexandragrecco.com/film.html

(sorry, you'll have to copy and paste the address)

no shame

when i wear sunglasses

(like i did today. besty johnson white rimmed ray ban- thank you spring weather)

i feel like i can unabashedly stare / watch people

because they can't tell it is them i am looking at.

makes for excellent people watching

confession

i love walking to school alone.

this may sound weird but rarely do i like bumping into people and then have to walk with them all the way up to campus.

(there are a select few where i like it)

its just so awkward if you are only slightly good friends and you don't have much to say

you have to keep the conversation going and going and going...

then you reach the SOD aka stairs of death.

those things are impossible to climb non-awkwardly with someone.

everyone has their own pace and stride, so you try and match theirs and it never really works out. you also become breathless while climbing and then for a minute afterwards.

ugh.

walking alone gives me a chance to be precisely that-

be alone

it is honestly the only time in the whole day where i get a couple of minutes to myself to listen to music and just get in the right mind set for the day.

for the rest of the time i am always surrounded by people whether in class or at the lib.

then i go home to roomies and friends.

all which i love but i just like having 10 mins to myself everyday.

so don't be offended if i see you while walking and i only wave.

i still like you but just like walking by myself more...hahaha